The Professional\'s Choice III- Jerome Finley

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THE PROFESSIONAL’S CHOICE III Welcome to the third and final installment (Book III) of “The Professional‟s Choice Trilogy.” When I set out to write these books I hadn‟t yet realized what a huge effect and major impact they would have on my friends, students and peers around the world. Since their release I‟ve been nearly overwhelmed at times by the enormous volumes of praise and positive feedback these books have inspired others to send me and I‟m over-flowing with ecstasy that so much of my private, pet-material and signature show pieces have become so well loved, utilized and adopted by such amazing performers in diverse countries and venues all over the world. If you‟ve made it this far into the “PC Journey” then it‟s safe to say there‟s been something about myself, these books and their contents that has inspired you on some deep level and has kept you coming back for more. One thing I‟ve realized regarding my work and varied offerings over the years is that it‟s quite difficult to teach what I do, and I believe this is for the simple reason that in order to perform this material successfully and integrate it fully, the person(s) using it MUST be cut from a slightly different cloth and have a different set of goals and performance criteria in mind and within them when it comes to sharing what we do. This is not to say that what I offer or attempt to create and share with my audiences is any better or worse than what others involved with this art, field and industry choose to busy themselves with and share with the world accordingly and in turn…not at all. Rather, the material set forth in the PC Trilogy represents a new standard in the field of psycho-spiritual mentalism; a genre complete with new goals, new rules, new way-showers and brighter visions of what mentalism CAN BE and what we can choose to make it.

In bringing to conclusion this triune offering, it is my sincere hope and desire to leave the reader and journey-man with a set of working tools he or she can use for the rest of their days, their career and love affair with the mystery school and her associated healing-performance arts. In seeking and setting myself out to do this I was inspired to do something else I‟ve never done before and which many would (or perhaps SHOULD!) find a bit crazy…but entirely delicious and so well deserved all the same. Like the grimoires of days past and which the spell books of the Middle Ages offered and afforded us, with this final book and last installment in the PC Trilogy I aim to provide you with a contemporary spell book for the New Age and The New Dawn of Mentalism. In doing so I have collected some very sacred and important information from my personal writings, notebooks and handwritten journals from as recently as this year and dating as far back as a decade (and more in some cases). It is with, by and through these most prized, cherished and secretive notebooks, journals and written recordings that we shall build, create and manifest what I truly hope and feel and BELIEVE will be an event for us each to remember for all-time. By working in such a fashion it‟s my sole (SOUL) intention that what is shared now, produced here and called forth through such a close examination and lack of filter will serve to instill and install more of how I think, feel and act when producing creative art, displaying my unique inner expressions, exhibiting and performing world-class mentalism of a higher price, greater intrinsic value and vastly superior quality for each and every one of us (among other things). With that in mind, let us begin our stroll down “Memory Lane” and discover that which awaits. May your journey through the final bends, peaks and valleys of the PC Trilogy continue long after this book has finished…for if anything, I feel these works have been created in part to act as a clear, cool and deep drinking well for the parched, thirsty and exhausted amongst us who are no longer content with drinking from shallow brooks and muddied waters...to remark something along the lines of crawling in pond scum and sleeping with snakes and bloated watercarcasses wouldn‟t be going too far either, I believe and shall maintain.

My vision for this final book was to have a meaningful conversation with you, my dearest brothers, friends and readers. Long may my innards remain exposed, for better or for worse. This is MY vision for mentalism. A New Dawn is upon us. -Jerome Finley, 2010

THE BEGINNING It was a rather tricky task, not to mention ultimately challenging endeavor when it came to how I should (could, would) begin this particular book. You see… For what I had planned and wished to accomplish (i.e. escorting readers through the labyrinth of my mind, guided firsthand via an experiential journey across several years of my private notebooks and written journals to one of many wormhearts; just one of many) I realized there was only ONE WAY possible that I could start. I merely had to open up a notebook and get to work. In drawing directly from my private notes, scripts, psychological techniques, resources, expansive repertoire, dreams, continued/ongoing thoughts, inspirations, memories, experiences, performance diaries, trials and errors (and more) all related to my art, my life and my personal breakthroughs along the way, I believed that one had the potential to learn more about themselves through their reaction, continued relationship and constant exposure to such things…a sort of mirror we can use to hold up and look very closely at ourselves. The truth of any relationship is simply that we do not enter into them seeking to learn or experience more about the other person or people involved, but to learn and experience more about ourselves through a process that relationship provides. Likewise, your relationship to these writings and the materials provided here will serve to uncover and cast the light of realization upon yourself and offers the reader one of many “ultimate tools” by which you will become empowered, enlivened, fully matured and completely developed as a mentalist in The New Dawn. Over the last 15+ years I‟ve kept detailed notes and handwritten journals which include so many of my past findings, then recent discoveries and both current

future applications having to deal with the art and science of mind reading, specifically. In doing so I realized, quite abruptly, what it is that I was seeking to be, do, have and accomplish through such long standing work, constant devotion, continued research, ceaseless application and extensive performance in the real world… …I was building a better mousetrap and seeking to create the PERFECT mentalist… Of course there IS „no such thing‟, though had there been, I feel I was at least getting very, very close. I‟ve got a very sharp knife at this point, and I‟m not afraid to use it. Through this book I aim to take you where I myself have ventured and point to that final destination which I myself shall continue to strive for. Taking everything that I‟ve learned over some 25 years of direct experience in the „kuftwasa‟ of magic, mentalism, hypnosis, psychic entertainment, the healing arts, energy work, various esoteric modalities, metaphysics, mysticism, the occult, shamanism, divination, spiritism & spiritualism, religious miracles and celestial sciences (among others) I‟ve finally arrived at what, I feel, is the pathway to the ultimate mind reader, psycho-spiritual facilitator and reality engineer. It is the way of the real psychic and true magician in all of his timeless wisdom, ageless power, immortal presence and eternal beauty as presented by every culture, society and civilization throughout time and history. Naturally, what follows is my opinion only…BUT…it‟s a well formed opinion, based on reason, heart and experience and my success at this time proves the efficacy of that which follows. This book serves another purpose too in that YOU ARE FREE TO DISAGREE! Were it not for all of your disagreements, your “agree*MENTS” would be rather un-impressive.

At all times and in all cases I wish for my readers, friends and students to think for themselves, question everything you see written here and challenge the notions laid out clearly before you. I don‟t want to be blamed for drastically altering yours or anybody else‟s life…unless it‟s GREAT and then I‟ll take full credit, of course. Remember that we are ALL in a process of growth, refinement and evolution and though I‟ve presented us all with “a way”, by no means should it be considered the ONLY possible way to your greatest joy, personal development and grandest achievements when it comes to life, mentalism and your life as a mentalist. Evolving as a mentalist is a science and like ALL science, there are precise formulas which may lead one to very exact results. As with all things, we seem to grow the most by consuming that which enriches us and provides the fuel necessary to complete our journey or at least get us to the next way-station and plateau. I advise my readers to keep that which serves them and simply discard the rest without remorse or regret. I promise you it won‟t keep me up at night. Should it happen that EVERYTHING in this book stands in stark contrast and direct conflict to what you prefer, value, think, feel and do otherwise, I reckon that you could still learn and grow just as much…or even more...by applying the principles in this book and following the exercises as I‟ve given them. As I was saying earlier about our relationships, we each stand to learn and grow just as much through everything we DO NOT want, don‟t choose and refuse to embrace or entertain as we do through our personal choices and preferences. Why? Because, quite simply, in the presence of that which you are NOT (and are not into or “about”) we come into a clearer vision and deeper understanding of that which we ARE and are about! Regardless of how you feel about the diverse thoughts, varied opinions, recommendations, techniques, philosophies, routines, numerous materials and extensive resources provided in this book, one promise that I can make you and a

guarantee that I will give to each and every one of you now is that everything you see here and ALL that is contained in this book serves you (greatly) on some level. You just don‟t know it yet. Whether you‟re a seasoned professional, part-time pro, a dedicated student, hobbyist or even a complete and total beginner (and how I envy you!), what you‟ll find throughout our last book and latest offering in the PC Trilogy is nothing short of the highly concentrated version of everything I‟ve learned, picked up on and developed within myself during the interim; a guidebook and mind reader‟s “Bible” if you will…a meaningful path to our greatest achievements and highest development. Should you consider what I have to say and teach and share here very closely and really take it deep inside of yourself for proper reflection, contemplation, application and restoration the only thing that may result – the ONLY possibility – is that you will become a better person, a better performer and a much better mentalist than what you are now. Realizing this is a tall order to fill (and one which I‟ve purposefully downplayed quite a bit, mind you) let‟s get started with some basic recommendations, early poetry and developmental prose to begin the session.

FIRST THINGS FIRST Before we go any further I‟d like you to fetch a few things and have them with you as you read through this book. One of two things will happen at this point: 1). You‟ll take this recommendation seriously and round up the items and materials that I ask you to before continuing through this book… OR 2). You‟ll intend to get a “brief glimpse” now and tell yourself that after a quick read-through and once over that you‟ll come back to it and follow instructions accordingly. Opt for possibility #1. The thoughts meant to surface over the next few pages must be captured fresh, raw and in the moment and order they arrive. Coming back and doing these “exercises” later doesn‟t serve you as those initial thoughts and base reactions will already have come and gone. Once more I‟ll ask that you seize this opportunity NOW and collect the following –  A pen and pad of paper (NOTE: Don‟t use a pencil, find a pen!) Simple enough, right? A pen and pad of paper, dedicated specifically to this book and purpose, will soon become your own “Grand Grimoire” and performance Bible. This is a practice I want you to/ask that you get accustomed to and intimately familiar with starting right now. If taking detailed notes, memos, performance ideas, audience reactions, material results, repertoire lists, show outlines, scripts, suggestions, personal trials, experimental errors, dreams and various bits of practical information is something you already do, that‟s good (great!) for you…and please continue to do so now.

If keeping a pen and some paper handy and within reaching distance AT ALL TIMES from this moment forth is not something you are ready, willing or able to do please go ahead and close down this document now and contact me for your refund. If one cannot take this one simple recommendation to heart and set about the given task then I‟m afraid that I have nothing left to teach you and nothing more of value to share with you or offer here. Cutting corners never made a man better than he was before he cut them – it has been (and will continue to be) this shortchanging of ourselves and others… our clients, audience members, accounts, magic peers, friends and family members (etc) which has plunged mentalism and those involved with it into their current state of decline and stagnation. The same holds true for life in general. Plans may change and unforeseen events may rise to the forefront, but let‟s not cut corners. That “Anything worth doing is worth doing well” is true and should be obvious. Our art, performances, intimate creations and sincere offerings to the world don‟t just speak volumes about the gift-giver, they are the giver himself, manifest and projected through performance artistry. This book is about getting new results, facilitating our positive growth, evolving ourselves and transforming our lives and performances entirely in the process. Truth be told, that‟s why you‟re all here and reading this book now; you want to learn, you want to grow, you want to evolve and you want to see better results and bigger reactions from who you are and what you do in life and especially with your performances (or else you wouldn‟t be reading this book, or any other book related to mentalism for that matter). We‟re all still searching for something. Now, I believe, is the time to turn that search inward, to go within, focus our attention inwardly and stop looking outside of ourselves for that which is sought.

For those of you coming back to me now with a pen and paper in hand, thank you. Your efforts will be well rewarded and your dedication to this art and your involvement in it will be apparent in all that you do and which follows. Later I‟ll ask each of you to purchase or otherwise obtain a basic notepad and more permanent “journal” you can use to transfer these current notes and session results over to when time allows. Right now just about anything will do. A few practical words along these lines… Your notebook/journal doesn‟t need to be fancy. Your handwriting should be legible, but it doesn‟t need to be perfect. Your notepad & journal is meant to be used…A LOT. It‟s a practical tool to have and keep and use accordingly. As for myself, I purchase pads of paper from my local grocer every few weeks when I do my grocery shopping. I use the “el-cheapo” TOP FLIGHT (One Subject) notepads. They come with wide lines and 70 pages which, I find, is a perfect size. These notebooks cost me less than $1.00 a piece and I tend to buy a number of them at a time. The covers come in various colors (black, red, green, blue, purple, yellow, etc) which is helpful for color-coding different topics and/or months. Another thing I do which has proven very practical and useful is using Post-It notes or office labels on the covers. On these labels I write the date I begin writing in the notebook and when I finish, the topics covered within and so on. At times I‟ve used a large black marker to jot the date across the cover or inside cover of the pad and often you‟ll see my notebooks with several Post-It notes jutting out from various places in the journals. These serve as bookmarks and “tabs” I can use to make little notes about the topics and contents of that page and with them I‟m able to navigate through my notes and find things easily. This isn‟t rocket science and everyone will use their journals a little bit differently. More than anything I simply want you to get into the habit of carrying a pen and paper with you everywhere you go…we never know when inspiration, the perfect solution to some problem or an amazing line of thought and questioning will strike at us. There are events that you‟ll want to remember throughout the day, quotes you hear, songs that inspire you, things people say or do…things YOU say and do!

The journal becomes a practical tool to take notes, study with and record practical information as well (names, addresses, personal reminders and so on). I use them much like a “day planner” of diary with the awareness that it‟s a temporary tool that will be replaced soon. On average I go through about ONE of these 70 page notebooks a month and sometimes two. The last thing I‟d like you to use your journal for is recording your dreams and using it (at least part of it) as a DREAM JOURNAL. Simply keep your pad and pen next to your bed at night. I can‟t speak for anyone else, but I‟m often inspired by my dreams – they give me answers, ideas for routines, solutions to problems (both practical and professional), contain empowering imagery and messages…plus, I do a lot of my most creative thinking right before drifting off to sleep. It‟s in that “twilight zone” of consciousness in the dark, late hours that some of my greatest work begins to appear. By recording what we remember of our dreams (and even our daydreams!) we can begin to see and realize various trends appearing in the dreamscape. In time, it‟s the accumulation of these dreams and nighttime visions that provides us with yet another creative wellspring and visionary avenue by which we can learn and grow and evolve ourselves. In the mornings when I wake up the first thing I do is lie in bed and begin reviewing my dreams in those first conscious moments. I know that time is precious here and that it‟s important to get those dreams recorded as soon as possible. Once I‟m able to recall a dream, even briefly, I immediately reach for my pen and paper and begin recording whatever I‟m able to of my dreams from that evening. Last but not least, use your notepad and journals whenever the mood finds you and for whatever strikes you. Remember, these notepads are working tools and exist to help & assist you in your personal growth and development, and not just for magic or mentalism! I have no problems jotting down my schedule, appointment reminders, grocery lists and directions (etc) in my notebooks. You would be amazed to see how such little and seemingly insignificant things and random, assorted and mundane/non-

extraordinary details can blossom unexpectedly and inspire a totally new train of thought and consciousness at the strangest moments.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Let‟s start putting YOUR notebook and journal to proper use immediately by going through a few important exercises which are very likely to surprise you with their meaning and value. As mentalists and performance artists we are constantly thinking about, assessing and re-assessing things such as our character and claims, the abilities we exhibit, our performance (“on stage”) persona and other particulars that come with the territory. You‟re going to find a few different schools of thought here regarding your character and the claims you make and the one I‟ve always held fast to was letting our performance persona and stage characters become an extension of our selves. You might think of the character and personality that you embrace and portray on stage or during a performance as being a larger, slightly exaggerated version of WHO YOU REALLY ARE to begin with. But who are YOU, really? “Know Thyself.” The following exercises will assist you in eliciting a sort of “personal criteria.” Many of the exercises forthcoming are not just things I‟ve used myself year after year (for various reasons, many of them transcending performance art) and ALL of them appearing here have been things I‟ve used with my family, friends and clients as well...and this, on a VERY regular basis. The point of these exercises is not to simply fill up your journal and use empty space, but to gain a clearer picture of what your values, core beliefs and strengths are so we can capitalize on and exploit them for our own benefit and advantage later. Trust me when I say that your life and work will be better for it…and let‟s not stop or sell ourselves short.

I ask that you complete these exercises in the order they are given and appear here and that you not skip ahead. This is a workbook. The act of going through it requires your active and immediate involvement. Be prepared to spend several hours or even days completing these written assignments and PLEASE don‟t fall into the trap of thinking you‟ve already done some-things like this before and already have a clear picture of who you are and what you do…there is always room for further investigation, refinement and improvement. It‟s how one becomes truly great at what they do and may transform themselves into a more conscious and truly exceptional human being, let alone a capable performer. Take your time with the following exercises and record them (and your answers) in your journal. There‟s no need to speed through these things – simply complete an exercise or two, read a bit more of this book and come back to finish another one or two exercises later after you‟ve had time to reflect, contemplate and ruminate over your self-discoveries. Remember as well to pay attention to your dreams and to record them. The same goes for all the little synchronicities and “Messages from the Universe” which appear to us throughout the day. This is your life, your Self and your career that we‟re dealing with here. Besides our health and the love we share for our friends and family members it‟s the single most important thing we have to deal with on a personal, private level. Think of what follows as a blueprint, design, working model and instructional booklet on how to be the best YOU possible.

EXERCISE #1 I want you to make a list of the ten (10) most important, obvious and frustrating obstacles, barriers and limitations that prevent you (or have prevented you) from achieving complete success in your life and career on every level. This includes ALL of those barriers and limitations now standing in the way of you and your hopes, goals, dreams, ambitions and their attainment at this time. By accounting for that which stops, slows, impedes, blocks and frustrates us in life we can devise ways and methods and solutions to implement that will clear a pathway before us and one which leads to our ultimate success. In doing these exercises you‟re going to learn a great many things about yourself and others in the process. Because of this you‟ll naturally become a better psychic reader or intuitive counselor (or even a cold reader & psychic entertainer!), a better “people person”, a better coach, a more capable performer, a better employee, friend, spouse, father, brother and lover. Remember that people are more alike than they are different and we all share common human sufferings, misunderstandings, life dilemmas, practical problems and everyday issues. By arming ourselves with the power of self awareness we‟ll become “more” in the process. You‟ll also be able to achieve more in all that you do as a result because you‟ll be CLEAR (mentally and emotionally) regarding whatever problems, barriers or limitations are standing in your way which also means you can avoid them, remedy them, ignore them (when possible and proper to do so) and devise ways to help, aid and assist others who find or have found themselves in similar situations. So, in your notepad/performance and development journal list 10 things that prevent you from achieving complete success in every area of your life. Do it now.

A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING Pardon me for stepping back into my role as a Healer, Hypnotherapist & Life Coach for just a moment, but at this time I feel it‟s necessary, well warranted and serves us given the subject matter that we‟re now covering. What I‟m about to say may or may not apply to YOU, though surely it applies to someone (if not several) people you know and care about and for this reason it‟s wise to consider what I‟m about to say very closely. Before I “go off”, please allow me to remind you (always!) that you don‟t have to agree with anything you see written in this book or in ANY book that I or anyone else has ever written unless it speaks directly to your own life, convictions, beliefs and greater purpose. I‟m not asking you to agree with me – in fact, I want the opposite in most cases and for those journeying with me to question what they come across. In doing so not only will you be thinking, feeling and living for yourself…but you will also be taking charge of your life by taking charge of your beliefs in the process. Again, you‟ll realize how this all relates to your life and performances in time. For now, I appreciate you bearing with me. Call it cliché or whatever you will, but one of the key points of true self-realization and deeper understanding in my life came in 2000 when I realized how important, absolutely vital and completely necessary it was that I accepted full responsibility for where I found myself in life at that particular point in time. Too often I feel we search our minds and lives and hearts for all of those reasons, stories and excuses begging for our attention and calling out for us to latch onto them in order to keep ourselves stuck and self-ignorant (which, as far as I can tell, is NOT “bliss”). It took a lot for me to come to grip with the terms life was imposing on me…or was it?

The first formative steps, a sort of “initiation” if you will and the act of coming into clarity and a life filled with purpose took place when I took complete and total responsibility and ACCOUNTABILITY for my life and everything within it. Re-read the list of 10 things you made which prevent you from achieving success and all of your goals in life. Look at them closely…you‟ll realize very soon how this all applies to mentalism. Your present reality (your life and everything in it) is the direct result of your past beliefs, thoughts, feelings and actions in another moment. Those 10 (or more!) obstacles, barriers, limitations, problems, frustrations and drawbacks that were identified in exercise #1 and which seem EXTERIOR or separated from yourself on paper are nothing more than reasons, stories and excuses that we voluntarily hold onto and use to make ourselves feel better about our lives and the situations we find ourselves in. Sad (and I‟m sorry), but it‟s TRUE. If you say, claim or maintain that your life and situation at current is because of your parents, your childhood and/or your upbringing (for better or worse), your lack of education, your time and money spent being educated, the economy and global monetary crisis, your girlfriend, your co-workers, your unruly boss, the lack of opportunities…WHATEVER…then you are not taking responsibility (“Response-ability” = your ability to respond) for your life and how it is at this time. Once we find the strength hidden inside of us to “account for” (ACCOUNTABILITY) and take response-ability for our lives, we quickly realize the power we have to create our lives and our future on purpose by choosing our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, reactions/responses and decisive (positive, empowered) actions moment to moment. I look at my life like a grand performance; an exhibition of fine art and a masterpiece in the unveiling…and I myself am the master of ceremonies and guest of honor here. As mentalists we spend so much time planning our performance and plotting our next big moves, publicity stunts, promo packs, contract pitches, venue negotiations, performance riders, material choices, set lists, musical scores (etc)

and I wonder how many of us plan our lives with the same passion, intensity and enthusiasm? It reminds me of one of magic‟s living legends today and something he said to a peer in Las Vegas (and elsewhere) who had let their health, weight and appearance slide. Reprimanding these fledgling “students” the old Master asked them, “How can you practice 8-10 hours a day for months and months on end, spend hundreds of hours scripting your show, routines and rehearsing all of your effects, devote YEARS of your life to performing at a professional level and then let your health go so badly?” This is a good thing to keep in mind as performers…take care of yourself and your health! Give the rest of your life the same quality time and attention that you lend to your craft and you‟ll do well and be better for it. Next we‟re going to start eliciting your personal criteria, that is, I want to know (or rather, I want YOU to know!) what it is you want from your life and career both in general and as a mentalist. Again, by noticing where your values lie, what your belief system entails, what your goals are (etc) you‟ll be much closer to discovering how 90% of ALL people truly feel inside. By “knowing thyself” we are getting to know EVERYONE we come into contact with even better and on deeper level, through knowing ourselves. Remember the axioms given by those „in the know‟, “People are more alike than they are different.” In the next exercise I want PC III readers to get really clear regarding what they want from life, that is, what YOU want for yourself. What do you want? Realize now that no matter how different each of our life goals, hopes, dreams and ambitions may seem on the surface-exterior, at our core the bottom line for most people is remarkably similar and we want several of the same things (even if in different forms and packages).

CREATION EXERCISE With your trustee notebook and self-development/performance journal in hand, I‟d like each of you to create another “more official” list and this time the topic will be: *** TEN THINGS THAT I WANT MOST OUT OF LIFE *** While technically this would be your SECOND list, in your notepad or journal please label/title your answers and this exercise as “List #1.” For the time being we‟re not worried about or much interested in your perceived obstacles, barriers or limitations. We‟ll come back to them later. For now, it‟s time to move forward and focus all of our energy and attention (intention!) on the positive. Take your time and really think this one through…and don‟t be shy or timid or afraid to think BIG! Write down 10 things that YOU want most out of life and for yourself. What is it that you‟re working for and towards? What do you want? Write them down. Once you‟ve finished, read over your list a few times and change anything that needs changing or clarifying, refining. On the next page of your journal I want you to make another list, this time the topic will be:

EXERCISE #2 *** TEN THINGS THAT I WANT TO SEE HAPPEN ON THE PLANET *** Just like before I want you to consider this topic very carefully and what your answers are. Please don‟t think one has to be valiant in their “wish lists” – this doesn‟t need to be politically correct, saint-like or unrealistic (although it could be ALL of those things – it‟s YOUR list!). Be honest with yourself; we‟re creating your life here, magically speaking. By following these exercises and recording your thoughts, answers and personal “wants” for yourself, your life and the world you live in we‟re slowly eliciting your personal criteria. Knowledge of the above topics and the subject‟s answers which go with them will give us all a better, clearer picture, focused idea and working model we can use to create your life on purpose. As you record your answers, continue reflecting on the underlying message…what are you learning, exposing and subsequently showing yourself as a result? If you haven‟t realized it yet, we‟re basically putting your life and your Self up to close scrutiny, strict investigation and intense examination under the most highpowered microscope available and standing, naked, in front of the looking glass and reflecting pools of the Self. This is an exercise you may continue to use alone by yourself, together with your spouse, friends, family members, loved ones, respected (trusted and cherished) peers and co-workers, with your clients and those coming to you for readings, hypnosis, energy work or even performance art with deeper meaning and greater potential impact. There is great value in both the journey seeking to “Know Thyself” and in sharing the fruits of your labor and many treasures awaiting you at the final destination.

So many times in my private practice I‟m left to work with people who, for all intents and purposes, have no clue about what they want or what they want to do with their lives. So be it. Some of the most interesting people I‟ve ever known didn‟t know what they wanted to be, do or have at age 40 and now at age 60 not much has changed! As much as I respect some individuals ability to create spontaneously and live their lives by the seat of their pants with no real plans for action, set goals or focused visions I‟ll not ever be one of those people. Often in my private readings folks come to me with a laundry list of problems but no solutions that are readily apparent to them in the moment…they exist, but my client is unable to see the forest for the trees because they are wholly unclear and often completely un-accountable. One of the first things I ask ANY person in a private reading setting, for traditional healing, energy work, hypnotherapy, nutritional consultations, body work and cranial sacral therapy (etc) is simply, “WHAT DO YOU WANT?” After more than a decade of involvement with private healing work & practices, it‟s no wonder that many people aren‟t meeting their goals or embracing their dreams and attaining their visions for themselves…they don‟t know what they want! And, perhaps just as true…they‟re not aware of their own strengths, their goals or desires and often OVERLY AWARE (giving so much of their time, energy and attention to) their perceived problems, challenges, barriers and limitations in life at that time. Why is this? Life is going to happen with or without you…that much is certain. In my experience, life works a lot better when we plan it “on purpose” with at least as much thought and detail as we use to plan our stage décor, set lists, musical compositions or dinner options.

Many of my clients have the hardest time figuring out WHY their life isn‟t going as hoped for or working very well or HOW they‟ve developed such problems, troubles and hardships along the way. People wonder how come THEY aren‟t successful…and then we do this exercise and it becomes rather obvious to all of us. How can one BE successful when “success” isn‟t something they ever planned for? Good things rarely just “happen” without your active involvement, planning and decisive actions to MAKE (cause and support!) them to happen, and this is true especially of performing and even more so as we consider performing at a professional level for professional-level pay. Taking careful self-inventory and eliciting your bottom line and criteria (core beliefs and values) is the first step to a new “you” and attaining the greater majority of your desires in life and specifically as far as performance artistry and rendering services for professional entertainment goes. Needless to say, these exercises may very well transform into self-fulliling prophecies and that would definitely serve their intended purpose. Consider that WRITING is communication in a different form…instead of the spoken word, the written diatribe consists of “words that stay.” Another very wise woman once said to her adoring public, “If you want a problem STOPPED, write it down (!)…and there it is in front of you…stopped.” Once we‟ve written something down we‟ve taken those first vital steps towards manifesting it! By writing things down we‟re able to take our non-physical ideas and turn them into physical writings thereby bringing them into reality (even on a minor, miniature level). Words are symbols and symbols mean something. Further, symbols mean A LOT of “some-things” to one‟s subconscious mind and unconscious self which perceives, interacts with and experiences the worlds both within and without through symbols, imagery, stories, fantasy, emotion/feelings, intuition, parables and metaphors. The act of physically writing something down does a few other things as well…

First and foremost I‟d say the act of writing is a RITUAL of sorts; a supreme act of creation which entails bringing our thoughts, ideas, emotions, feelings and inner experience to life and reality through pen and paper. Secondly, writing is an experiential rite – a physical action coupled with conscious, intentional and deliberate movements whereby we announce, describe, explain outwardly, develop inwardly and unleash (release) what‟s stored within us. It‟s more powerful than simply SPEAKING ALOUD because again, what you write STAYS! Thirdly, as we write and think and feel and reflect upon what flows through us and manifests itself with ink and parchment we are coming into a greater conscious awareness of that which is written. And not just that, but that which you write down also has the tendency and very powerful quality of “programming” your unconscious self and subconscious mind with symbols, i.e. the letters, words, phrases and written pictures we use to form these lists. Writing down your goals is one of the most powerful, helpful and effective things you can do to change your life and begin manifesting those goals RIGHT NOW. Over the years I‟ve developed a certain knack for writing and consider it one of my finest attributes, and that‟s not to say that I‟m a great writer (I‟m learning more everyday with each and every word written, truly) but that what you do over and over again you WILL get better at. This is a very strong and goodly concept to keep in mind because we‟re following the rule that everything mankind has ever created or manifested in the physical world, our lives and realities as being something that was CREATED TWICE. Twice? Yes, at least! Everything we create in the physical world begins in mind and heart…the original seed of creation…it all starts as a thought, an idea, some non-physical inspiration and ethereal motivation.

What we create first in our minds has the potential to be carried through to completion and thus becomes created/manifest in our physical world through positive, focused, empowered and decisive action. The act of writing encompasses BOTH of these qualities; as we write down our goals we begin creating them in reality. Remember what I said about the more we do something the better we become at it? By writing down our goals we become better at manifesting them, naturally. Your notepad and journal has already become very, very important by simply doing these first few exercises. Together we‟re building a map, a model and a blueprint for the conscious creation and high-powered manifestation of certain goals and principles that WILL make you a much greater mentalist, not to mention a better person in general. Welcome to your transformation.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER THE WORLD? Continuing now…inside of your journal I want you to write down ten (10) things that make you special. Your answers should be labeled “List #3” for ease of use and quick reference. You‟re going to need them soon. Again, there‟s no need to be shy or bashful and we‟re not about show-boating, inflating our egos or blowing our own trumpets here; this is about getting clear and identifying those things that we want for ourselves and others, what‟s holding us back (or what we PERCEIVE as holding us back), what we have to offer the world, where our strengths lie and what we can do to capitalize on those strengths in order to manifest our goals and meet our destiny head on. Should you fall into the trap of thinking, feeling or believing that what I‟m asking you to do is all rubbish, hogwash and poppycock…THINK AGAIN! You‟ll see why and how this is so important to your life and work as a mentalist and vital to every additional part, portion and aspect of your life and „self‟ here very shortly. For now, keep the faith and know that you have my sincere appreciation and full support for your active involvement in the PC III “Self Development Program.” So, on a fresh page in your notebook write down: TEN THINGS THAT I BELIEVE MAKES ME SPECIAL What are some of your strengths? What are some of the things that make you unique? It‟s my hope that each of my readers, peers, students and PC III owners think enough of themselves to realize MORE than ten “special things” and with that in mind, at this point I‟m still only asking you for ten…we don‟t want to go overboard or reach too far – I want what is apparent to you immediately and what is likely ALSO obvious to those who know you best.

For “extra credit” I highly recommend that you create a second list following this exercise. This extra credit list should consist of 10 things that OTHERS would say makes you special. Think of what your closest (and most supportive, positive, loving) friends, family members and respected peers, comrades or co-workers would say about you if asked the same thing. Once more, write these ten things down and see how closely they match what you see, feel and believe about yourself. If there are differences and discrepancies, so be it…that‟s perfectly fine. You can even ASK others for their input in this regard, should you dare… …I‟d simply explain that someone has given you a creative brainstorming technique and self-awareness exercise that you agreed to do, no matter how “cheesy” or foolish it might sound or appear on the surface. We‟re not fishing for compliments, we‟re merely identifying your strengths and I don‟t care about your weaknesses…at least not at this point. Remember too that any supposed “weaknesses” can be made to work FOR you. For now, focus on what is good and true and strong and positive about you, what is special within you and what makes YOU so unique. Understand that there is only ONE of you in the world and that nobody can possibly make being YOU work out so well or look so damn good in the process! You ARE unique. You ARE “worthy.” You DO have tremendous value to the world and to society and incredible (unlimited) potential. You HAVE strengths and gifts and abilities which are needed in the world at this time and retain their amazing capacity to brighten and enrich people‟s lives, your own included. You can BE whatever you want to be, choose, plan for, intend on and desire.

Next we‟re going to look at and consider what you can do successfully RIGHT NOW. I‟m a huge believer in doing what we can starting with what we have (NOW) and not waiting for simple mechanics or perfect conditions to occur before we start being, doing and having that which we choose and desire for ourselves and others. The next exercise helps a lot for this specific purpose and it‟s more than just a wonderful exercise – this will empower you, instantly, and show you just how capable you really are.

WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW? As long as there have been people there have also been those who have waited to live their life until the perfect conditions, events and “mechanics” have been met. In case nobody has told you this lately, please, allow me… LIFE IS SHORT. It‟s also incredibly precious, terribly fragile, extremely fast-lived and only a brief flash in the pan when we consider the bigger picture and the evolutionary scale of human beings, the development of consciousness and how we can progress (and have progressed) as a whole species. Waiting for the proper conditions to occur before you DO „this‟ or HAVE „that‟ or can BE, become and embrace „such and such‟ is nothing that is ever going to serve you and in most cases there is no sense in waiting around for things to happen. As self-professed “Masters of the Mind” we get to live our lives on purpose, think magically, create powerfully, transform ourselves constantly and re-create ourselves anew from moment to moment. A lifetime is an easy thing to waste and allowed to slip by or slide past you, often without even knowing it and certainly without intending for it to do so. Carpe Diem. Inside of your journal I want you to make a list including 10 things that you can do (achieve) now. Think in terms of your career, your life goals This goes hand in hand with your talents and what makes you unique and special and interesting…look at what you can do NOW, not later. With who you are, what you do, who and what you know, what you have already accomplished, learned and developed within and about yourself…what can you DO NOW as a result?

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TEN THINGS THAT I CAN ACHIEVE (DO) NOW The 10 things you write down at this point can be practical, mundane, useful, useless, something you‟re passionate about or something you don‟t care about at all in the long run, but know that you can do right now and very successfully just the same! Label these things “List #4.” Now is not the exercise in which one wants to be ambitious; for the best results we should only write down those things we KNOW that we can do right now and without having any doubts about it. For example, I know that RIGHT NOW I can perform a 90 minute stage show (hypnosis, mind reading and/or Q&A). I can also write a book, give a killer reading, hypnotize other people for positive change, self development and core transformations…I can assist others in the healing and conscious creation/manifestation process and much, much more! These are the things I want you to write about, and of course, your 10 things are likely to look much different than my own. Once again I‟ll pose an extra credit exercise that I highly recommend. In this case you‟re going to make TWO separate lists of 10 things you can do/achieve now. The first list will be things you can do in general and the second list (also of 10 things) will include 10 things that you can do as a magician, mentalist, mind reader, hypnotist and psychic reader (or whatever it is that YOU provide and offer the world as a performance artist). In doing so you‟ll be left with 20 things (!) that you can do and successfully achieve right now and this will help us to establish your clear direction in life, both on stage and in the everyday world. This exercise is about consciously realizing several (at least 10) of those things we can do NOW, not later, but right now. It‟s about doing what we can (ALL that we can!) with what we have and not waiting or having to or even wanting to wait

another moment in order to do them. This is another mighty step towards realizing your power to create and understanding how competent and capable and valuable you are to the world, on a conscious level.

PIT STOP Let‟s take a short break and see where we‟re at with everything we‟ve done so far. At the very least you should have your notepad/journal/notebook (no matter how simple, plain or fancy) and are getting into the habit and making the conscious decision to carry this notebook or journal with you wherever you go and having it ready and waiting whenever the moment strikes you, a thought moves you or inspiration fills you up. This applies to much more than just magic and mentalism. Further, in this notebook you should have at least FOUR numbered lists (and as many as 6 if you included the two “extra credit” exercises) filled in with your personal thoughts and self-feedback regarding your life and yourself such as what makes you special and unique, what you can do successfully and achieve NOW, what you want for yourself in the grand scheme of things and what you most want to see happen with the world in your lifetime. If you haven‟t done this yet, please GO BACK and complete the written exercises I‟ve given you before proceeding. You‟ll thank me later. Now that you‟ve successfully completed ten or more items on each of your lists (there‟s one more thing you can do NOW!), I want you to identify the one most important statement in each of your lists. Put a little check mark next to the one most important statement from each of your 4 lists and exercises…or circle them, highlight them…whatever you wish. If you should find two or even three things that are of equal value and importance to you in the same list, write them both down and then choose or circle one of them. If your conscious mind is torn between insights consider using a pendulum, muscle testing and applied kinesiology to “calibrate” and choose your answers accordingly. I also advise participants to listen to their gut instincts and first

emotional-based reaction to each of the written answers and statements in seeking the most important ones TO YOU. We‟ve entered a process of self-discovery and you can always come back to this book and these exercises, re-do them and try different combinations based on how you feel at that particular and specific point in time. For now (to get a “feel” for how all of this works together), please choose the one statement from each of your 4 “main lists” and exercises that stands out and write them down on a fresh page before we continue. Is everyone with me? Perfect. Now take those 4 “most important” answers and use them to…

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES: I will (List #4):

Using my (List #3):

To accomplish (List #2):

And in doing so, also achieve (List #1):

Thank you!

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE JUST STATED YOUR MOST IMPORTANT PURPOSE IN LIFE. Now you can go back through your four lists and exercises and choose the second most important thing from each list to develop your second purpose, and third, fourth, etc. In case you haven‟t noticed it yet, you‟ve just learned a new and powerful way to elicit a person‟s “bottom line”; their criteria, core beliefs, values and most important (and now self-evident) purpose in life. Before we go any further, let me STOP for a moment… and START to remind all of my readers that what we‟ve just done has nothing to do with “The Secret” and other „manifestation‟ or “The Law of Attraction” nonsense. What we‟ve just done is something I call simply “getting clear” and coming to grips with who we are, what we‟re about, that which we desire in life and the tools we can use to get there and/or create a specific, intentional outcome and focused results in the process. For those of you who invested in my hypnosis course “Thought Veil”, you already know how remarkably powerful of an effect one may create when properly eliciting criteria from a person or group of people. The previous exercises and written process have many of the same end-results and life impact that asking the question, “What‟s important about (X, Y, Z)?” has on a person. Both techniques elicit a very “pure” almost soul-level response from the practitioner and/or their subject. The value and power of knowing HOW to use these strategies with and for yourself and others is tremendous. *** Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero – "Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future."

REALIZING & ATTAINING YOUR GOALS For this part of our process you might wish to utilize some form of light physical and mental relaxation, inner yoga, self-hypnosis or meditation techniques to really get in touch with what‟s inside of you and the information arising from your subconscious mind & unconscious self. Here are some of the methods that I personally use and (highly) recommend. All of them are suitable for use by yourself or with, and for, other people too.  The Jumping Pulse Unleashed (from “Thought Veil”). Since its inception and subsequent release by Bill Cushman in his book “SuggestAbilities” I‟ve been using this technique in an expanded form on both myself and others to induce a mild trance-like state of relaxed focused awareness, higher mind and expanded consciousness. Whether used for a quick “pick me up” relaxation session or power nap, daily meditation or self-hypnosis and autosuggestion “The JP Unleashed” has served me very, very well in numerous situations, events, venues and private practices. The technique as I‟ve written it up and explained it elsewhere leads the practitioner/facilitator/subject into a perfect (connected) state of mind and body in which the following exercise is often its most effective and potent.  7, 36, AUM This is another wonderful “self induction” those familiar with my past works will recognize immediately. The process itself is simple; we‟re merely going to “go within” by taking a few deep, calming, relaxing, centering breaths with the intentions of relaxing and entering an open, receptive state of consciousness. We do this by centering ourselves as suggested and then VISUALIZING the light & color spectrum in the following order: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo (a blue-ish, purple color) & Violet (a reddish purple hue).

In doing so it‟s only important to see each color briefly in your mind‟s eye and imagination. If you have trouble visualizing internal imagery and actually seeing these colors inside your mind, simply KNOW that just by intending to focus, think of, reflect on and imagine seeing each of these 7 colors in turn that we access their natural calming abilities and subtle influence within us. The 7 spectrum colors can take on any shape or form you wish, or none at all. The ways, methods and manner in which you perceive the light spectrum or the length of time used and spent in actually “seeing” each of these colors as part of your unique mental imagery and inner space isn‟t as important as it is to just follow them in order (ROY G. BIV, the memory peg of a little man painted like a rainbow and striped with these 7 colors) will assist you. One only needs to “see” (or IMAGINE seeing!) each color for a split second inside of your mind‟s eye. No real amount of focus or excessive concentration is required, the briefest “flash” is more than sufficient and then we move on to the next color in the sequence. Once all 7 colors have been seen, felt, noticed and/or intended within us, I imagine a bright, brilliant WHITE LIGHT surrounding me and physically relaxing every muscle, nerve and fiber within me as it does. Here is where we begin with the 36 deep breaths exercise to relax the practitioner even further. At this point we‟re going to use a total of 36 deep, rhythmic breaths in comfortable succession after which an increased state of deep calm, inner peace and relaxation is easily felt and readily noticed, almost as though a soft “glow” surrounds and seeps through you. 36 breaths then… …IN… (to a natural count of 4) …and hold…(to a count of 4) …OUT… (exhale to a count of 4) …remain breathless to a count of 4…

…IN(hale) again to a count of 4… Repeat, repeat, repeat! I breathe in this fashion for a total of 36 deep, calming, rhythmic breaths total. If at any time you begin to feel uncomfortable or start to hyperventilate to the point of discomfort, please stop this rhythmic (circular) breathing technique at once and simply continue breathing normally. If 36 s-l-o-w, deep breaths in one sitting feels like too much for you, one can always use less breaths in the sequence, though it‟s been my experience that 36-39 is optimal. Also, your breathing sequences can be split up into 4 sets of 9 breaths each and interspersed between one or two colors in the spectrum visualization if you wish to use them together, simultaneously. The minimum number of breaths I recommend for total mind/body relaxation is 10-12. Once a few moments have lapsed and you‟ve seen all 7 colors (plus white!) and have completed your breathing exercise the only thing left here to do is chant, tone, hum or otherwise tap into the naturally calming and automatically centering qualities of the root sounds “OM”, “AHH” or “AUM.” Doing this is easy. Take a deep breath IN (through your nose) until your lungs have been filled with pure oxygen and the breath of life… …and as you EXHALE do so with the sound “AHH”, for example. If you happen to be somewhere that excessive sound or ambient noise is a factor, these root tones can be internalized by using “HMMM” toned inwardly with your lips closed and exhaling through your nose again. Just take a deep breath and as you exhale make/create the elongated sound “HMMM” within you throughout your entire breath and duration of the exhale. Do this three (3) times.

A man named Hans Berger discovered that by simply closing our eyes and visualizing internal imagery we naturally alter our brainwave patterns, their cycles per second and our state of mind and consciousness as a result. Utilizing a number of deep, slow, calm and relaxing rhythmical breaths in tandem with the 7 spectrum colors further increases this natural and naturally soothing, peaceful effect. Finally, toning one of the sounds (or practically ANY vowel!) 3-5 times to formally and “officially” end the practice helps us to retain the positive effects garnered as a result. The effects such a practice has on one‟s mind and body are astounding and something you absolutely MUST experience in order to fully appreciate. Realize this is an incredible gift that we can share with others just by teaching them to do this “7, 36, AUM” technique properly and leading them through a quick (shortened, simplified) sequence to end. The resulting state of mind and body is ideal for the exercise we now find ourselves involved with.  Mirror Gazing I‟ve been a practitioner of the ancient visionary art of “scrying” (also known as “crystal/mirror gazing”) for several years now. Truly, the process and practice of mirror gazing is one of the most wonderful and magical things I‟ve had the pleasure of exploring, utilizing and putting to equal use in my own self-work and services rendered for others. The act of “scrying” (relaxed gazing, reflecting, contemplating) through a proper medium such as a mirror, bowl of water, glass of wine, candle flame, incense smoke, pitch black surface or dark opening (such as a cave, black bag or deep, opaque vase) has several naturally calming and positive, mildly hypnotic (meditative) effects upon the mind and body of those immersed in and involved with such things. Taking just 3-5 minutes to enter a state of mindfulness, inner calm and relaxed focused awareness can work wonders for hypnosis & self hypnosis, energy

balancing, creative thinking, problem solving, automatic writing, dreaming, meditation, power goal setting, regression work and more. When combined with “The Jumping Pulse Unleashed” and/or the “7, 36, AUM” meditation technique taught earlier the positive results obtained may be further strengthened and increased, easily and naturally. As I go about my scrying practice, meditation or intuitive reading I use combinations of the proceeding techniques to fuel the work and psycho-spiritual responses at hand. For instance, I might set up a normal mirror for “soul gazing” into my own eyes, mind and heart while including the “JP Unleashed” technique with the “7, 36, AUM” sequence to enter the requisite mindset necessary to produce diverse visions and subconscious projections during the session itself. If nothing else, I‟ve found that simply INTENDING to relax one‟s mind and body deeply and completely while gazing softly, relaxingly and receptively into a bright light or dark surface puts me right into the proper state of mind, easily and naturally. Most of us have our own favorite inductions and self-hypnosis/relaxation methods we‟ve picked up over the years and tend to utilize for this type of work and whatever of those methods you choose to use is perfectly fine FOR YOU, as long as it works and assists you in arriving at the desired results and appropriate level of mind/body functioning and connection. With your journal or notebook and pen handy and within reach, I want you to visualize yourself five years ahead in time (so, 5 years into the future) having accomplished your purpose. Ask yourself:     

What does it look like? How does it feel? Are there any other physical senses involved or stimulated? What will have had to happen for you to be there? If I wanted what you want, what would I have to do in order to be there?

 What steps will have to be completed before you can realize, attain and/or fully experience that which you desire? In your notepad, write down some of your thoughts about these questions. As you do, remember to keep your mind and body relaxed, open and receptive to the process at hand. Intending to enter an even deeper level of clarity, mental and physical relaxation and illumination now… …SLOWLY move backward in time… 3 years from now… 1 year from now… 6 months… 3 months… 1 month… Review the successive steps (in whatever order or sequence they become clear to you) needing to be accomplished for your unique and specific purpose until you come back to today…here and now. WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP YOU NEED TO TAKE? Write it down now… …and as you do, commit to taking this first step! The sequence you‟ve just been given is a potent combination of eliciting criteria, future pacing, mind/body relaxation, positive suggestion and self-hypnosis. I prefer doing such things while gazing into a mirror or crystal for scrying, an open (candle) flame, a bowl of water, etc. Your own results and preferences may vary. Please feel free to experiment with these techniques and find what works best for you. There is no “wrong way” to do this as long as you‟re coming into a greater

clarity and understanding regarding your life, your Self and the situations surrounding you at this moment in time. Last but not least, remember, “A journey of a thousand miles…”

SUCCESS-ERCISE In this next self-development exercise we‟re going to anchor a very powerful time and response into your mind/body systems. Entering a space of relaxed focused awareness (trance) through whatever means and methods you prefer or find suitable, think of a time when you were 100% successful. This can be something you DID…such as a task, goal, project, daily event or life challenge that you completed and just „knew‟ that it was perfect. Just like before, allow your mind to travel back and wander through your life and memories. Remember the time, the place and people who were there, whether it was daytime or nighttime, whether you were alone or with someone, what time of the year this event occurred, how you felt during, etc. Write the „essence‟ and your memories of this event down in your journal and date it with TODAY’S DATE. Once finished, come to an inner understanding that what you did at that time resulted in your success. Remember how it FELT. What emotions played a role? Recreate that feeling within yourself right now. While reviewing your success (mentally, emotionally, physically) remember that YOU DID IT! Understand now that your power, success, happiness, joy, prosperity, health and abundance comes from within you. As committed & dedicated “Reality Engineers” we find ourselves amongst the highest order of magicians throughout time and history. What then is making a coin appear from nowhere or plucking a thought from someone‟s mind when

compared to CREATING (intentionally, willfully) a state of peace, joy, health, happiness and success within us and all around us? This is the true magic, and it‟s everywhere. Once you have fully immersed yourself in the memories and past experience of this powerful, successful moment…one that you just KNEW was perfect…a moment when you felt and knew SUCCESS and a state of completion as a result… I want you to take a deep breath IN…and hold it (continue to focus on your success and the state involved!)… And now just “anchor” those feelings and response within yourself by bringing your thumbs and middle fingers together in a ring and pressing firmly, one into the other. While this happens, go ahead and exhale. Allow those feelings, visions and mental imagery, ALL of the associated feelings, physical sensations and thought processes involved become a permanent part of you. Realize that both now and in the future, whenever you wish to re-enter this same inner state of success and completion all one must do is close your eyes, take a deep breath and apply pressure to the fingers indicated for the anchor. Do this 3-5 times to make it permanent. Once you‟ve set the anchor, RELEASE IT (momentarily). By this I mean elicit the desired response within yourself, anchor into it (using your breath, visualizations, emotion, intention, desires and physical actions) and once “set”, go ahead and release your current state of mind and body. Become neutral again. Get back to ZERO. Resolve to be nothing. Once “clear”, I ask that you simply repeat this process. Re-create that mental scene and imagery once again…and once again INTENSIFY and “make real” that successful mental and physical state.

Just like before, ANCHOR INTO IT (using the process, methods and techniques divulged earlier). Set the anchor, enjoy the state arising as a result and release… Release. Release. Now do it again. And again. And again! The idea behind this process and exercise is to “program” your mind and body with a certain high vibration SUCCESS-STATE; a state which can be called upon, invoked and elicited as a naturally occurring response and powerful result whenever you should happen to want or need it. I have several of these anchors “set” up within myself, and for a variety of purposes ranging from deep relaxation, stress release, mental clarity, physical prowess and dexterity, success in live performance, writing, creativity, dreaming, healing and self healing and more. The anchors are cumulative meaning you can repeat this process and (with) the actual anchor (i.e., the physical or mental stimuli used to link up memories with feelings and thus re-create the desired states, physical reactions and/or intangible responses within you) and it can be very, very powerful. Realize too that your anchor can be anything one can experience with any of the 5 physical senses OR imagination! I happen to use finger holding patterns, pressure applied to fingernails and fingertips, mudras, mantras, my breath, visualizations (symbols, colors, imagery), scents, sounds (music, tones, binaural beats), light, physical feelings, imagined/created sensations and more. “Keep it infinite” and don‟t place any limitations on yourself. Your chosen or preferred anchor can be anything you wish.

DO YOU HAVE WRITTEN GOALS? Earlier we spoke about how so many people may never meet with success for the simple fact that they NEVER PLANNED FOR IT. One of the governing “Rules of the Mind” is that „what is expected tends to be realized‟, remember? Look around you and notice how much ALL of this applies to magic in general and mentalism specifically. How many “performers” or students of the art ever meet with true success (by their OWN standards)? If my estimation is of any significance, the answer is very few. Why is this? First and foremost I believe it‟s because so many mentalists (the vast majority, certainly) are lazy and uncommitted, lack direction, overwhelm themselves with gimmicks, entertain themselves instead of their audiences and never did make a formal plan for their grandest achievements and attainments in life or their craft. Please do not let this be you. To help me illustrate this point, allow me to direct your attention to a particularly interesting University “Goal Setting” study conducted by Harvard Business School. In 1984 a study was done on the 1964 graduating class and the results were astounding to say the least. Only 5% of the graduating class had taken the time and effort to write their goals down. Of this group a FULL 95% had achieved their goals (!). Of the 95% who did NOT have written goals in 1964, only 5% had achieved their expected and desired goals over 20 years later. So what‟s the bottom line? The old cliché of writing your goals down is of the utmost importance.

Even Harvard graduates succeed ONLY when they actually plan on it and for it! A similar study was done at Yale University. Only 3% of the graduating class polled had written goals. Twenty years later it was found that this 3% had accomplished MORE than the other 97% of students combined. By writing our goals down we start to manifest them. This is done by taking our thoughts, feelings and intentions…everything being held in our minds and hearts and all of that ENERGY behind them and bringing it into focus and tangible form through pen and paper (physical instruments). The very act of writing is sacred. This book and those which came before it are holy undertakings in a very literal sense. They were (and are) the results of GOALS, committed in writing and made to manifest in the physical world. I‟ll remind you again this is NOT some self-styled “The Secret” bullshit. We must plan for our success in life and take measured steps to make it all happen. It IS as simple as that.

THE POWER OF YOUR GOALS Spurred on and inspired by the Soviet‟s initial „Sputnik‟ satellite launch, when President Kennedy first decided that the U.S. would put a man on the moon a FULL 50% of the technology required to do so did not even exist at the time. The decision to set this goal, believe in its possibility and our ability to achieve it produced the necessary and requisite scientific and technological innovations to make it all possible. Even the spin-offs from these new technologies and the directions they aimed us in changed our lives and impacted the world in positive ways forever. Just the same, as we decide to accomplish some goal in our lives it‟s NOT necessary that we have the education, money, know-how or all the tools to achieve that goal. These are the individual parts and pieces used in the creation, manifestation and “Power Goal Setting” process which I call “mechanics.” The “mechanics” involved suggests nothing more than the component process, parts and pieces utilized in the attainment of some focused goal or desire. What we would all do well to remember is simply that the “mechanics” (all the little details) tend to sort themselves out as we move headstrong towards our goals, dreams and ambitions. Things have a tendency to „fall into place‟, come together and congeal as we consciously create our lives, move towards our goals and fulfill our unique purpose and individual desires. What IS necessary is that we believe in our ability to achieve and persist (always!) in the direction of that goal, hope, dream or ambition and TRUST (know, believe!) that all of the necessary ingredients (the “mechanics”) will come along to make it possible. If we choose to WAIT until X, Y and Z manifests first or until “this, that and the other thing” takes place beforehand we‟re likely to find ourselves not so pleasantly surprised and frustrated by how slowly things are moving and thus occur for us. Don‟t wait. Do it now.

BELIEVING BIG I‟m a BIG (firm!) believer in the power of commitment and intentions. I AM this way because I know, firsthand, the power these things have to transform a person and their life both inside and out. It is magic of the highest order. Know Thyself and embrace your power to create real magic in the world. Further, I know that when one commits oneself…DEFINITELY COMMITS (!)…then Heaven & Earth will move to support him. "Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back-- Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now." - GOETHE As stated earlier in this electronic grimoire, beyond the power of commitment and intention I also believe in NOT WAITING for things in life and by all means in every way possible, doing all we can with what we have NOW (not later!). One of the biggest killers of man‟s dreams and his ability to succeed in life is procrastination and hesitancy…this inner “need” we have to have all of our ducks in a row before we move, act and pursue our hopes, goals, dreams and ambitions. Life is short, there will ALWAYS be “something” to wait for…but why wait? Your life and situation in it is not ever going to be “perfect” by most ordinary standards. Every day I see the (negative) effects of waiting and an almost programmed desire to self sabotage, framed by our own in-ability to chase our dreams.

I say these things as a man who travelled half-way around the world based on a series of dreams, visions and inspirations coming to me in my sleep…dreams which surpassed all other dreams and caused my very life to seem pale in comparison. When I made the decision to travel (alone) to live and study shamanism and traditional healing in South Africa I had no idea how such a thing would ever take place. Fortunately for me, I wasn‟t the least bit concerned about the “mechanics” of such an ordeal and divine undertaking – I had a dream, a goal, clear intentions, passion, desire and the commitment to do so. There was nothing on earth or in heaven that could have possibly stopped me. I changed, altered and transformed the course of my life and my world in severe ways forever as a result. The “mechanics” took care of themselves and looking back at my life and everything in it that was ever worth doing, the process appears similar and all of the key ingredients have remained the same. If I can do this, anyone can do it. I share these things with my clients on a near-daily basis and together we‟re able to bring about their own ability to change, manifest chance occurrences, attain their goals, realize their dreams and produce the highest and finest results of our combined ambitions and heart‟s longing for their benefit. In the process we find that accomplishing their goals (and my own) benefits others in numerous ways…much like the technology developed to help put a man on the moon did, has and will continue to do so for the rest of the world since it first occurred. Remember too that your subconscious mind does not take such things as means, time or space into consideration. It can only comprehend NOW, what it sees and how it feels as a result. Once identified (your goals) it becomes so important to affirm, re-affirm and visualize those goals in the positive-tense, present state, NOW MOMENT and already complete. One major error my clients have when visualizing their goals is that many of them (habitually) see themselves OUTSIDE of themselves when projecting their consciousness into their future.

I believe, based on my experience, that doing so creates a negative effect when manifesting our written goals and intended desires in life. Why? Because “seeing” your-self performing on stage (in the 3rd person) is dissociative. It takes the individual out of the equation on many levels. What I advise and recommend you (and those you assist with this information) do is simply visualize, feel and experience INWARDLY your hopes, goals, dreams and ambitions happening in the first person experience. Be there now. What we create on the inside is reflected on the outside in the physical/material world around us…our environment, the artist‟s canvas. Using the principles and techniques outlined in this last installment of The PC Trilogy will empower the people drawing upon them to attain their life goals, plain and simple. In your notebook, write down ALL of those pertinent goals you have which seem the most extraordinary and as you write them down KNOW that you are creating them on subtle levels and bringing them into form, even if only on paper. While you write and create, I ask that you do so without a filter, any judgment or reservation. Your subconscious mind and unconscious self doesn‟t play by the same rules that your conscious mind, ego and individual/personality adheres to. We‟re going to start changing the “rules of engagement” to our advantage. In doing so may we retain our rights to the title of “Mind Masters” and provocateurs of the extraordinary. In this final work I aim to teach you magic that inspires REAL MAGIC to happen all around and within you. You will be…transformed.

POWER GOAL SETTING By this time you should be getting rather closely acquainted with your notepad and journal used to record your thoughts, goals, dreams, inspirations, ambitions, ideas, material lists, visualizations, affirmations…whatever moves you on a day-to-day basis and seems fit for inclusion in your personal diary/grimoire is perfect and palpable just as it is. There are no small ideas. Remember this! Learning to set goals appropriately is at least HALF the battle when it comes to attaining them. Think about it… Nobody goes to war without a plan of attack. You wouldn‟t want to risk your life on the battlefield, so why leave it to chance in suburbia? Again I‟ll remind you – we should plan our lives, our careers and performances with the same detail and precision that we give to everything else. Why would anyone do less? With your notebook in hand, please answer the following questions thoughtfully and completely (and more important perhaps, honestly!). 1). What do I most want to achieve in my mentalism career? 2). What do I need to have in my life to consider myself successful? 3). What do I need to change in my life to achieve that success? 4). How much time am I prepared to commit to my studies and applications (scripting, rehearsal, details of my performance, etc) DAILY in order to achieve what I desire most from life? 5). What do you most want to achieve in your personal life? 6). Ask yourself, “What do I want to achieve this year financially, physically, emotionally, socially, spiritually, romantically?” In five years?

7). Imagine yourself on your deathbed, looking back on your life… * What do you wish you would have done? * What would you regret NOT doing? * What are you most proud of? * What would you do if you had more time? * What would you change? Last but not least, I want you to ask yourself WHY WAIT? What can you commit to doing NOW instead of just fantasizing, daydreaming about it, waxing philosophical from an armchair or regretting never having done it? Take some time to re-think and re-evaluate your life and lifestyle. Gaze deeply within yourself and stay receptive to whatever appears there. Chances are you‟ll be very surprised with what surfaces. Rewrite your goals in harmony and alignment with your chosen purpose in life on a 3X5 index card and carry it with you. This will be your personal talisman…an amulet of sorts. Read it to yourself at least twice a day and spend a few moments building up a nice little meditation around it. We want you to get COMFORTABLE with your dreams. Spend time with them, entertain them, know them in both mind and heart. Become ONE with your dreams. Be open to the possibility that all of those things which you desire most DESIRE YOU just as badly in return. If you skimp on this work or it‟s not the “mentalism” you were looking for, I feel bad for you, truly. I‟ve used the included exercises myself to completely reshape, alter and transform my life and being on every level and this, without all of the fuss and delays never even hinted at by other “systems” and approaches.

Far be it from me to insist that your life „needs‟ a makeover…but even further be it from me to not suggest positive change in a field where positive change is needed for it to survive even another decade or two longer. The future of mentalism is riding on you and I now. Positive change in the art begins at a ground level…and here we are.

HOW TO SET EFFECTIVE GOALS STEP ONE: In your journal, write a list of ALL the things you wish, will, intend and desire to be, do, have, enjoy, attain, experience and accomplish in your life. Don‟t hold back, I really want you to GO FOR IT. Give yourself permission to be, do and have anything and everything you desire. Don‟t discourage or delay yourself with thoughts as to cost, material resources, venues, time, outside help or even “reality.” Write down absolutely everything that comes to mind without any barriers or limitations. Consider this an exercise in free-flow/creative writing and let it go without any sort of filter. This is your time to dream big…and then to dream even bigger.

STEP TWO: Refine and fine-tune each list until you are only writing down those things that you really, truly, honestly desire for yourself. Rewrite the list frequently and commit it to memory. If you‟re ever wondering where you REALLY sit with something in one of your lists, try giving it a number rating on a scale from 1-10 (with 10 being the “most important” thing to you) and begin to weed the garden that way. Remember that hard work builds character. Pay attention to the details, life is all about them.

STEP THREE: Expand each item in your list and especially those of the greatest personal importance to you. Add whatever details may be needed in order to fully describe the goal, dream or vision you‟re focused on. Flesh it out, bring it to life. It‟s been said that “Definition equals CREATION.” What you DESCRIBE and DEFINE comes to life (creation) and grows stronger! Act as though you‟re filling out a Universal order form and leave no detail behind. Your Subconscious Mind and Unconscious Self speaks a in a very subtle language filled with minute details of an artistic, emotional, intuitive, open nature.

STEP FOUR: Examine, investigate and carefully, closely consider each one of your goals in comparison with your defined purpose in life. Elicit your own criteria and then move to create it. Doing so insures that your life and goals (dreams, ambitions) are supportive, harmonious and in alignment with your highest good and greater purpose in life.

STEP FIVE: Write your main goals down in short form on one or more 3X5 cards IN THE PAST TENSE and date their accomplishment. For example – “By July 10th 2011, I had accumulated an additional $100,000.00 in my savings account.” Sign and date your cards. Carry them with you (in your notebook) and read them to yourself every morning and night.

This is how I end my days and this is how I begin them. By doing so I‟m able to program my unconscious mind with symbols, language, imagery, intent and pure mind power…positive thinking at its most positive! By reading my goals to myself (while relaxing, meditating and entering a trance state) before I sleep at night I ensure there‟s enough positive “residue” for my subconscious to detect and begin building upon. I trust my mind enough to let it go about its business and help create major shifts in my reality in its own way. Everything else is process…and “process” (otherwise known as „mechanics‟) is just left-brain oriented/ego mind BULLCRAP. It‟s this mind that helps keep one stuck, afraid, stagnant, insecure, dreaming small and feeling little. Do we need the left brain? Sure, absolutely. While I wouldn‟t want to balance a checkbook without my logical, rational mind, cognitive skills and fast-thinking LEFT BRAIN to oversee the process, I sure as heavens wouldn‟t want to trust my life, my fate and my future to that part of me who can‟t decide what it wants or what it wants to do from moment to moment. By taking our desires directly into the realm of the subconscious mind and unconscious self we‟re able to access a larger part of us.

THE VAST MAJORITY Look around you. Most of the world lives in a democracy and people TEND to believe that what the majority thinks and does must be “right” somehow…a state of “correctness” produced by sheer numbers and popular vote. Sadly, most people really DO follow this philosophy, always believing that if everybody else is doing it, it must be the way to go. We can see how prevalent this type of thinking is in our little world of mentalism. Month by month, year by year (and year after year!) how many cookie cutter “stock mentalism” wannabe performers do we all see come and go? Gimmicks? That same old worn out, tired and oft beaten premise? As far as “art” goes, the majority surrounding us currently wouldn‟t know ART if such a thing sucker-punched them in their face, replacing septum‟s with brass knuckles, splitting their gums open wide like a salmon fillet laid gently across their cracked, bruised lips with all the impact and subtlety of a steel bat swung upside the head at noonday. One of the biggest complaints I hear about mentalism is the lack of variety, or as a very close friend and dear teacher to me once said, “There‟s only like 6 or 7 tricks possible in the whole damn thing!” I watch as the myriad of mind reading puppeteers march to their own merry tunes, totally oblivious to what their “art” is (supposedly) saying about themselves or what an audience really wants; they‟re content to entertain themselves at the expense of other‟s precious time and money. Fools.

WHAT ARE THE FACTS? The harsh reality is that only 6% of people are financially self-sufficient at age 65. A full 94% are either dead or dead broke…now how‟s THAT for a wake-up call? Twenty years ago the figures were as follows: 5% were financially secure at age 65 and 95% were NOT. That‟s only a 1% difference in two decades! Despite pensions, mutual funds, dramatically increased financial assistance and higher standards of living, most people still do not achieve financial independence. NOTE: This information was collected several years BEFORE the current economic crisis sweeping the globe hit us. … So then, what do MOST do? 1). They allows the outside world (media, education, friends, parents, society, religion, politics, science, economy, etc) to dictate their world views and reality. 2). They work 9 to 5; 40 hours per week (or more) at some career…and in jobs they hate, no less! According to a Newsweek poll, 85% are job dissatisfied. 3). They believe that they are not going to be amongst the 94% that fail in life even though they DO what 94% of all people do. Remember the definition of insanity? 4). They stay the same. The majority have closed minds and set opinions. They‟re not willing to change their belief systems or ways of thinking to powerful and proven effective ways of believing, thinking, feeling and acting. They think what they are told to think, do what they are told to do and believe what they are told to believe. 5). They retire (if they even can!) at age 65 and die within 5 years with their hopes and dreams unrealized.

WILL YOU FOLLOW THE CROWD? -Or-

CREATE ANOTHER PATH? If you decide upon success rather than failure you‟ll have to believe, think, act and feel differently than 95% of the population…you‟ll have to make DIFFERENT CHOICES. By joining us for “The Professional‟s Choice” Trilogy you‟ve made a very loud statement regarding your life and career as far as mentalism goes. As far as our art, field and industry is concerned you‟re already choosing differently than the vast majority is now by investing your time, money and energy into this work. Trust me when I say it will pay off, big time. Over time, whether in life or the magical arts, there will be increased pressure for you to conform to society or accept the popular vote and opinion. There will always be people who want YOU to be “just like them” (misery loves company, no?) and both they (and you) will feel uncomfortable and sometimes even antagonistic as a result. The moral of this story is simply the mantra, “If you continue to do what you‟ve always done, you‟ll continue to get what you‟ve always got.” Look closely and understand now where the majority are going and choose your actions, attitude and behavior accordingly.

INTENTION IN ACTION Your intentions will always equal your results and your results will always equal your intentions and there‟s no two-ways around it. Learn to be conscious of what your intentions are. Listen to your “self talk” and dialogue with other people and yourself. Realize too that your thoughts are real things and one cannot entertain a thought without producing some kind of response in the Universe (either within or without). Be conscious and aware of where and HOW you may be undermining your own success. Below I‟ve given PC III readers a series of questions I‟ve learned to ask myself all day, every day. It‟s my sincere hope they will serve you and your clients just as well – 1). What is my intention in thinking what I‟m thinking right now? Does it contribute to my success or my happiness? 2). What is my intention in believing what I believe? Does it contribute to my success or add to my level of personal fulfillment? 3). What is my intention in doing what I‟m doing right now? Does it serve me and contribute to my goals for success and independence? 4). What are your intentions when it comes to studying The PC Trilogy and applying these concepts to your life and life‟s work?

TOTAL SELF RELIANCE By practicing the applications and exercises in this book for just a few minutes every day you WILL become more, that much is assured. By identifying the necessary steps to your success, eliciting your criteria (realizing and specifying your hopes, goals, dreams and ambitions in life) and remaining clear in your thoughts, feelings, actions, behavior and intentions you‟ll be able to be, do and have MORE than you ever have in your life before this. By studying and applying the proven techniques I‟m sharing with you NOW there can be no other outcome than to have “more” in absolutely every area of your life. Over the last 15 years I‟ve come to realize there are four (at least) “proven techniques” used by successful people to achieve total self reliance. They are: 1). Relaxation 2). Visualization 3). Affirmation 4). Modeling Earlier in this book we shared a few really great relaxation techniques drawing from areas such as meditation, self hypnosis and rhythmic breathing to permit clearer and more direct communication between the conscious and subconscious mind. This is as perfect time as any to make the following suggestion… Many times a week I receive phone calls or emails from people wanting to meet me for dinner or a private consultation to speak about mentalism and performance art in general and the creative process, specifically. Over the last handful of years I‟ve made some decent waves in the mentalism community and our field as a whole. In all ways I‟ve done my very best to show

those around me that I don‟t look like you do on the outside and I don‟t work like you do on the inside. Something within me is different, and it‟s an INTENTIONAL difference! One of the great secrets to my success, I feel, is a combination of mind/body training techniques I‟ve used and further developed over time…techniques which allow the one using them to relax their mind and body deeply and completely and enter effortlessly into a deep, DEEP state of relaxed focused awareness, expanded mind and heightened consciousness. One of the greatest tools which allows me to do this is known as “HemiSync” or “MetaMusic.” What is this? HemiSync ™ is a special technology developed by The Monroe Institute and its founders and which allows people from all walks of life to explore a state of whole brain learning and hemispheric synchronization. Using carefully selected binaural tones, white noise and beautifully composed musical scores created specifically for this purpose, the amazing effects, results and immediate benefits of HemiSync will become readily apparent to anybody who listens to it for even just 5-10 minutes. You might think of this music and associated technology as a way to enter superconscious states of mind, expanded inner awareness and blissful states of meditation/self hypnosis very conducive to positive change, creativity, relaxation, intuition, problem solving and self exploration. With HemiSync ALL of these things and more occur easily and naturally…all one has to do is listen to the specially composed music and underlying binaural tones which facilitates a state of whole brain learning and hemispheric synchronization automatically…a state of mind wherein the right and left hemispheres of your brain are able to interact more fully with each other, exchange information on both subtle and overt levels and begin working together more harmoniously than ever before.

Before I go to bed at night I review my goals as described and taught to you in this book, settle into my nightly visualizations and meditation, enjoy some deep breathing and light energy work (balancing) and finally drift off to sleep with a mind filled with positivity, good dreams and happy memories while listening to HemiSync/Metamusic to wake up feeling rested, refreshed and energized. In the mornings I like to begin my days in much the same way… I enter my office and healing space, sit down in front of our large altar (dedicated to my ancestors), say my prayers and affirmations, chant mantra, spin the prayer wheel and recall my goals again. 15-20 minutes of meditation in the morning serves me very well and I like to listen to and employ HemiSync technology here as well. By simply listening to Metamusic on a regular basis you WILL be using your brain in new ways and making new connections within it. If there‟s one thing I can recommend my readers for expanding their creativity and exploring your own mind and consciousness, HemiSync is at the very top of the list…simply put on your headphones, push “play” on your CD/MP3 player and enjoy the next few minutes. Remember to keep your notebook and journal within reach. It‟s usually when I‟m meditating, drawing upon creative visualization techniques or lucid dreaming that I receive my greatest ideas, performance technique, stage plans, material choices and so on. For me, this happens nearly ALL THE TIME with/while on Metamusic. Two more things I HIGHLY recommend you check out are as follows: 1). Phosphenism “Phosphenism” is a practice which employs „phosphenes‟; multi-colored patches of light (or its after-image) used in ways intended to increase cerebral capacities. This is a safe, easy practice and something that‟s become a perfect addition to my work and daily routines. To begin working with phosphenes I read up here: http://www.phosphenism.com/accueil.html

At my local grocery store I was able to purchase a low-watt desk lamp and matching bulb with which to create meditative, contemplative phosphenes. Much like “HemiSync” uses binaural tones, layered sounds and white noise for its effect, phosphenism utilizes LIGHT in a similar way and the two practices work out brilliantly together. When working with phosphenes I simply gaze at my lamp (from about 5 feet away) for 30-40 seconds and then close my eyes to enjoy and explore the afterimage burned into my retinas (not to worry though, the effects are temporary). The phosphene itself appears in the optical field as a wobbly patch of colored light. This “patch” (phosphene) will cycle through the color spectrum in much the same way I‟ve taught in the 7 color visualization/spectrum meditation techniques in this and other works bearing my name. All one must do is focus on their breath, marvel at the phosphene as it changes colors and enjoy the altered state of mind and consciousness produced as a result. Under normal conditions your phosphene will disappear in a few short minutes. The website I linked has everything you need to get started immediately and I highly recommend that PC buyers download the free PDF‟s, ebooks and course materials from the website above.

2). The Perfect 5th This is a relaxation, meditation and self-hypnosis technique I continue to use on myself and others in a variety of situations. Just like HemiSync and Phosphenism will produce dramatic results in the mind and consciousness of those practicing and working with such things, striking a “Perfect 5th” note on a set of TUNING FORKS has its own remarkable effects on the mind and body. The concept I‟m sharing here stems from healing with SOUND & VIBRATION. These two simple forks allows us a new way to use sound to resonate the body, brain and etheric fields together.

Striking TWO specific tuning forks at the same time (C & G, respectively) produces a musical interval known as “The Perfect 5th.” This “Perfect 5th” tone produces effects much like those obtained through binaural tones and HemiSync technology, facilitating a state of whole mind and body relaxation, connection and integration. Benefits include an immediate sense of inner peace, calm and tranquility, balances the right and left hemispheres of the brain and reduces brainwave activity thereby INDUCING a state of mental and physical relaxation. All of this for the (low) price and modest investment of TWO tuning forks… It‟s hard to beat. Not only is striking these two forks (upon your knees) and holding them a few inches away from your ears as they vibrate relaxing and instantly soothing, it makes for a GREAT meditation tool and instrument for self-hypnosis. I also use my forks to induce others. It works, it works very well and as a precursor to Hemisync, when mixed with phosphenes, combined with color visualizations, mantras and other deep relaxation techniques (rhythmic breathing, pulse reflection, JP Unleashed, scrying, etc) the positive benefits are impossible to dismiss. Try it. In your notebook, write down a few of the things YOU will do to become more relaxed.

THOUGHTS ABOUT VISUALIZATION In order for any event or thing to be out-pictured, fully formed and manifested in your reality it first must be pictured (in its entirety) in your mind. When we visualize “things” it‟s important that we‟re able to attach DESIRE to it for its proper manifestation and attainment/experience in our lives. “Desire” seems to be the key which unlocks the door to attainment…nothing happens without a burning “desire” for it. Like the oars of a boat, it keeps our whole operation and best foot moving forward. Whenever we visualize, generate and otherwise explore internal imagery the subconscious mind (unconscious self) starts to provide us with the process, the mechanics and “mechanism” to bring what is visualized about. True visualization means being able to see as clearly in your mind and mind‟s eye as you can with your physical eyes. This is where practices such as phosphenes and scrying (mirror gazing) come in so handy. The training and applications each of these things provide has proven valuable beyond measure time and time again. For more information about scrying I highly recommend a few resources that will get you started immediately. More and more these days I find myself using a black mirror, candle flame, glass of water, polished crystal and other reflective surfaces to produce diverse visions and open up channels for communication between my conscious and subconscious mind. There have been many classic texts written about the ancient art of scrying, gazing and contemplating with a speculum (the instrument or “looking glass” used for scrying such as a crystal or mirror) and many of them are quite good but sometimes hard to find. That said, there are two books in particular that will deliver more than enough EXCELLENT information into this practice. Crystal scrying and mirror gazing has become such a huge part of my work that I‟m very nearly as hesitant to tip it here and now as I am and have been with the rest of the material seeing the light

for the first time in this PC Trilogy and collection of my pet routines, cherished effects and personal masterpieces. Scrying, I‟ve found, is perfect for relaxation, meditation and self hypnosis. I employ mirror gazing with my daily prayers, rituals, visualizations, breathing techniques and affirmations. I scry during my goal reviews and during sessions dedicated specifically to “Power Goal Setting” and “Creative Problem Solving/Intuitive Solutions” training using the exercises and methods taught in this book and it‟s also something I recommend to most ALL of my clients. Taking a few minutes (just 2-5 or 3-7 at first) once or twice a day to gaze softly into your own eyes and reflection will open you right up and expand your mind in ways you never thought possible. The benefits far outweigh the “work” and effort going into such a thing and requiring nothing more than an appropriate surface using items easily found around the house, “gazing, scrying and meditation” techniques have now become a pillar of my work and the services I offer. The two books I recommend are as follows: 1). Crystal Balls & Crystal Bowls This book by Ted Andrews is actually fairly thorough and a valued addition to the library of any professional scryer, mirror gazer, clairvoyant and intuitive visionary. 2). Reunions This remarkable offering by Dr. Raymond Moody (author of “Life After Life” and world renown NDE researcher) presents a fascinating field of study and associated practice using an ancient psycho-spiritual technology favored by the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians and other ancient peoples for contacting the dead. In “Reunions” Raymond Moody presents a number of case studies for healthy, well rounded and emotionally developed adults without any prior history of mental illness, drug abuse or physical defects and takes them on what turns out to be the mystical experience and inner journey of a lifetime. Much of this book is dedicated solely to the positive benefits and effects garnered through mirror gazing and scrying in a chamber known as a “Psychomanteum.”

The “Psychomanteum” is basically a black room with a large mirror and low sitting chair for the participant to inhabit during a 1 hour scrying session. Sitting below eye-level to the mirror and being in a black/darkened room creates an interesting optical effect in that it APPEARS as though the mirror opens up into the Abyss…producing an eternal and infinite canvas of vast blackness and engulfing sea of dark. A single candle or Christmas tree light (one!), the low lighting offered by an electric candle or nightlight (etc) provides just enough optical interference to create the startling effects produced by the Psychomanteum chamber and device. There are no gimmicks to be used here and nothing else is needed. You‟ll see in the book how Dr. Moody handles these sessions and what he does with his clients. If you loved “Crossing Over” by my dear friend Millard Longman in the PC II book, then you‟re going to LOVE “Reunions” and working with a Psychomanteum. Once you‟ve got the basic idea down and understand how to create visionary experiences with a mirror we can begin to move away from the full blown psychomanteum (although I‟ve set one up in my home for both myself and my clients to use when desired) and utilize other techniques and modalities to temper and adjust the effects. Mirror gazing used in tandem with a candle flame, rhythmic breathing, color visualizations, symbols and inner imagery, “The Perfect 5th”, white noise, binaural tones (HemiSync/Metamusic), the JP Unleashed, my “7, 36, AUM” meditation, phosphene mixing and other mind technologies produces startling results and is something I cannot recommend to you enough. All of these things and more will assist you in numerous ways when it comes to creating, generating and sustaining mental imagery. We‟re training your mind to SEE in new ways…in creative, receptive, INTUITIVE ways. Techniques such as crystal scrying & mirror gazing (and the other modalities recommended herein) work together in tremendous ways and offer us a world of positive difference and powerful effect as we proceed with attaining our written goals and personal criteria.

AFFIRMATIONS I‟d like to take a few moments and explore the use of affirmations and positive self talk in our lives, work and roles as mind readers and reality engineers. The words you speak aloud and the thoughts they are born from are creative forces which, like all creative forces, can serve you for better or worse…a double edged sword, your thoughts have the power to harm or heal yourself and others. Personally I‟ve never really been “into” the use of affirmations, at least not in the traditional sense. I just didn‟t ever feel that “thinking positively” or focusing on the “good” in something bad, sugar coating legitimate problems or pretending that certain people, situations and circumstances weren‟t as bad as they REALLY were seemed very helpful. As a traditional healer and hypnotist I understand the power of suggestion, positive self talk and auto-mesmerism very well, I feel. I understand that our thoughts help to shape, alter and create the world within us and all around us and that it‟s a process in constant motion, day in and day out. It‟s taught that repeating an affirmation is a lot like recording over the top of an old cassette tape and in many ways this is true. Positive affirmations and enlightened “self talk” serve to change the programming and old recordings each of us has layered throughout our conscious and subconscious minds. With affirmations we‟re impressing new ideas upon the subconscious mind through repetition…and it‟s not that this isn‟t effective, it‟s simply not that dynamic, elegant or multi-faceted enough for my tastes and preferences. By using carefully chosen affirmations we can replace certain non-productive beliefs, negative thought forms and feelings of low self esteem (etc) with new, powerful, productive and WORKING (serving!) beliefs, beneficial thoughts and positive self images for our benefit.

In your notebook I want you to write down your own personal affirmations, commit them to memory and begin repeating them to yourself all day, every day (whether silently or aloud).

MY FAVORITE AFFIRMATION My favorite and most utilized affirmation has been one with me for several years now (12+) and is something I do my best to keep foremost in my mind, my thoughts and my consciousness on a moment-to-moment basis. Very simply it goes: “I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious, happy & prosperous.” These few words are in my mind all day, every single day. While I‟m still not a huge fan of affirmations in the normal way they are chosen, taught and utilized, this one is different…it‟s all encompassing, says exactly what it needs to and makes for a perfect, positive and POWERFUL suggestion to give myself and others. In my private readings practice I use this affirmation with my clients as a bit of “homework” they can take and do on their own. It‟s normal that I suggest a few deep breathing exercises, the light/color/spectrum visualization technique, a dreaming exercise (yes, complete with journaling!) and other simple things my clients can do to begin creating positive change in their life. Some of the things I do to make my affirmations and meditations even more powerful have already been outlined. By employing techniques such as breathing, visualization, conscious relaxation and rapid stress relief tools (etc) we up the ante with our affirmations quite a bit. Something else Millard Longman taught me when using affirmations has proven itself to be of infinite value to me personally and the clients I cater to. To utilize Millard‟s gem you‟ll need a pendulum; any simple one will do! With your pendulum in hand you‟re going to calibrate for both “YES” and “NO” responses. Holding the pendulum, simply ask and intend for it to move in a way that shows you a “YES” answer arriving via your mind/body connection.

For me the movement is always the same and for “YES” the pendulum will move in circles. For you it might be different. Do the same thing for “NO.” For me the pendulum happens to move in straight lines (right to left) when the mind/body connection and my subconscious mind wishes to express a “NO” answer or negative response. Once you‟ve found how YOUR pendulum will move based on “YES/NO” answers, responses and indications take a moment and “test” the calibration sequence with a few simple questions. For example, holding the pendulum I want you to ask (silently or aloud) if your name is X, and use your REAL NAME in the question. Watch the pendulum and how it moves. Naturally, your pendulum should move in whatever way it should to indicate a “YES” answer and positive response for you. Now do the same thing again, only THIS TIME I want you to ask the same question using another (fake, false, made up) name instead. Your pendulum should move in a way that indicates a “NO” answer and negative response. What we‟re doing here is conditioning, calibrating and attuning our subconscious mind and physical body to work together and give us direct yes and no responses. Here is where things get amazing… Holding your pendulum, I want you to begin repeating my affirmation “I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious, happy and prosperous” over and over and over again while WILLING, INTENDING AND DESIRING for the pendulum to move in whatever way indicates a “YES” answer and positive response for you. To be crystal clear, you‟ll be reciting the affirmation I‟ve given you AS your pendulum moves and swings in a “YES” answer and positive response. Because it‟s your subconscious mind and the ideomotor response that moves your pendulum, we‟re able to access a deeper part of our mind and selves using

Millard‟s technique. In effect, this is effectively PROGRAMMING your subconscious mind and unconscious self with the affirmation I‟ve supplied you. Your mind realizes the pendulum is swinging in a “YES” direction and answer while you repeat the affirmation. This begins to encode the new information, affirmation and programming at an unconscious level. Even if the pendulum starts to move in another direction, I want you to STOP IT and then force, will, intend and desire for it to move in the “YES” direction immediately (using your mind only, not your body or physical force). This technique opens up the floodgates of your mind and allows whatever affirmations you‟re now using to seep down inside of you deeply and completely. As a result, you‟ll begin to shave several months and even YEARS off of your own training and self development and this is something that can be shared with clients, friends and family members very easily and quickly too. When we stop to consider that our mind and thoughts create our lives and reality, it stands to reason that we should continue focusing on the positive and filling up our minds and hearts with powerful and empowering messages, auto-programming and self talk. Again, when combined with mirror gazing, phosphenes, “The Perfect 5th”, HemiSync technology, rhythmic breathing and the various meditation & hypnosis techniques I‟m recommending here the simple use of “affirmations” becomes a potent practice indeed. One last note on this particular affirmation, in times of crisis I‟ve used it as an effective memory peg for use in my readings. The process is simple…because I‟ve used this particular affirmation several (hundred!) thousand times throughout my life and career it‟s just one of those things I‟ll never forget. As such, it provides an effective tool for my readings in those rare cases when one‟s mind goes blank and we need a life-line to salvage the depth, flow and pace of the reading for our clients…hey, it happens! Knowing my affirmation and having it constantly on my mind makes it very easy to steer the reading down a path of my choosing, namely one having to do with the

client and their life/life experience when it comes to being, feeling and having the experience of being “whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious, happy and prosperous.” These are 8 incredible topics and points of interest to explore in a reading with ANYONE…and everything you need to remind you is right there in front of you and contained in this affirmation (which should already be in and on your mind constantly, day in and day out from this point on). I can practically guarantee that remembering this information and affirmation now will get you out of a pickle of some type later. This affirmation is a self-contained lesson and life philosophy in and of itself. Get to know it and it will serve you well for the rest of your days.

MODELING In the field and practice of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) one doesn‟t have to venture far before the concept of modeling is approached. Our most effective learning in life is accomplished through modeling. As children we learn how to walk, how to talk/speak with and communicate our thoughts, feelings and intentions to others in numerous ways, we learn our original social behaviors and much, much more through “modeling” our parents, peers and older siblings (and whatever other primary influences happen to surround the developing child at an early age). Put simply, modeling implies duplicating the actions of others. This same technique can be used to learn successful behavior patterns. Identify one of more successful people…role models and personal inspirations whom you can analyze their behavior, speaking habits, way of thinking, mode of dressing, attitudes, belief systems and ways in which they interact with other people. Write down what attracts you to that particular person and what you like and admire most about them. The point of this exercise is to simply identify who YOUR role models are and what about them you can model to achieve a greater level of personal success in your life, work, relationships and endeavors. Once identified, give serious thought and consideration to modeling their habits and patterns in effort to duplicate (at least in part) their proven success patterns. Realize now that what works and/or HAS WORKED for another is almost certain to work for you or someone else if the same steps are followed, like results may be expected. I‟m definitely not asking anyone to go out there and become another Derren Brown clone, the next Criss Angel, David Blaine (please, dear God) or anyone else for that matter…that‟s NOT what modeling is about.

What effective modeling is about is identifying your role models and inspirations in life, what attracts you to them, what of their nature would serve you (were in part of YOUR nature, unique being and personality) and then decide what about that person you‟ll be modeling. The key here is to look upon people who inspire you and have something to teach you whether directly or indirectly. Find out what‟s working for them and what has contributed to their success and then decide if, when and how something similar might also work for you. When some Christians ask themselves “What would Jesus do?” they are employing a form of modeling. This is a concept I keep in mind during my private work and readings as well. When a client approaches me with some problem or question they just can‟t seem to solve or answer on their own yet I listen carefully and then begin running through my mind thinking of my teachers, role models, mentors, parents, friends, peers and co-workers throughout my life and times when either myself or those around me were confronted with something similar in their own lives. When all else fails, asking myself things such as “What would MOM do?” or “What would Weber do?” or even “What advice would my Higher Self have to give him/her at this time?” and so on can start up a whole new internal dialogue and lend us a different point of view and perception when considering the client‟s unique question, challenge or current situation. Modeling can be a very powerful technique we can use to grow, evolve and change what needs changing within our lives and ourselves using proven effective strategies, approaches and methods of thinking from those who inspire us.

THE POWER OF BELIEF In “Thought Veil” I discussed how our belief systems are formed and by what age those systems become most severe. I believe it‟s important to include a few words regarding the power of belief (for several reasons) as beliefs are the cornerstones to ALL of our accomplishments and the driving force or motivation behind most of the actions we take on a day-to-day basis. Once we have an idea formed in our minds and have visualized it, we must then let it go and believe, fully, that we have already achieved it (even if ONLY in our minds and on paper…remember, we have to start somewhere!). I‟ve been told by people far wiser than myself that this alone is the key, the “real secret”, to our attainment in this life. Like your thoughts, beliefs can be CHOSEN and much like our ideas, beliefs can be developed. When using the “Power Goal Setting” techniques from this book I ask that you hold onto your vision and believe that it will manifest and come to pass to be experienced by you in due time. Trust in your ability to create. This is easy. In your notebook I want you to make a list of some of YOUR beliefs. Think of 10 solid “beliefs” that you have about yourself, your life and the world we live in. Reflect on where these beliefs stemmed from and how well they function within you. Is there any part of your belief system (programming) that no longer serves you? Do the work. A good practice to develop now is to believe (every day, fully!) in yourself and where you‟re going. Think back to your childhood and when you first heard the following;

“There is no use trying, said Alice; one can‟t believe impossible things. I dare say you haven‟t had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I‟ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” What might happen…what mysteries and marvels and (im)possibilities might open themselves up to you were YOU to believe in 6 impossible things before breakfast? Before lunch? Dinner, perhaps? What about before the year ends? Your next birthday? BELIEVE IN IMPOSSIBLE THINGS… …even if it‟s only to entertain them for a few precious moments. Here are a few suggestions I‟ve found incredibly valuable:              

Read your written goals to yourself at least twice a day. Associate with people who support your goals and philosophy. Read self development books (Psychic &/or New Age ones are great!) Attend lectures, classes, workshops or seminars by inspirational people. Listen to educational seminars and motivational tapes. Everyday visualize your goals as being completed. Write out a list of affirmations that supports the beliefs you need to succeed. Read and repeat your affirmations morning, noon and night. Keep up with your journal! Create a personal treasure map. Eat, pray, love! Be inspired. Marvel at yourself and the world around you. Fall in love with yourself over and over again.

 PERSIST, ALWAYS! Do not let anyone or anything steal away YOUR dream or the precious time we have to spend on this earth. In your notebook, write down some additional things that you can do RIGHT NOW to help build up your strong, positive beliefs (the ones that serve you and your purpose). Intention, belief, the power of your thoughts, the miracles born through commitment & persistence…this is magic. On the subject, importance and severity of persistence, I cannot say enough! Persistence is belief in action. It‟s true. A young child believes that it can walk and persists until it does, right? With this book I can teach you how to walk again. Later I will show you how to fish. Your own belief in your success will help ensure that you persist until successful. Do not be swayed by circumstance, conditions, illusions, perceptions or the opinions of others. Reflect on your life at this time. What is it that YOU need to persist/be persistent about the very most? Write it down.

I WILL PERSIST UNTIL I SUCCEED! The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner. ALWAYS I will take another step. If that is of no avail, I will take another and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I WILL PERSIST UNTIL I SUCCEED. I will never consider defeat and I will remove from my vocabulary such words as „Quit, Can‟t, Unable, Impossible, Improbable, Failure, Unworkable, Hopeless & Retreat…for these are the words of fools. So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles of success; if I persist long enough I will win. I will persist. I will win. -Anonymous.

THE PENNY A perfect “Random Act of Kindness” that you can use in whatever way you wish fell into my lap by accident one day…make of it what you will (as long as it‟s not patter for a penny coin-bend). When is the last time you found a penny and picked it up? Have you ever given away a “lucky penny” to someone? While speaking of kindness and compassion and persistence, there are few better examples of such a beautiful human trait than can be had through the story of Abraham Lincoln. Following is a history of his political career – 1816, His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them. 1818, His mother died. 1831, Failed in business. 1832, Ran for state legislature – LOST. 1832, Also lost his job – Abraham wanted to attend law school but couldn‟t get in. 1833, A.L. borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt. 1834, Ran for state legislature again – WON (!). 1835, Was engaged to be married, until his sweetheart died and his heart was broken. 1836, Had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for 6 months. 1838, Sought to become speaker of the state legislature – DEFEATED. 1840, Sought to become elector – DEFEATED.

1843, Ran for Congress – LOST. 1846, Abe ran for Congress again and this time he won. He later went to Washington and he did a good job there. 1848, Lincoln ran for re-election to Congress…LOST. 1849, Sought the job of land officer in his home state – REJECTED. 1854, Ran for Senate of the United States – LOST. 1856, Abe sought the vice presidential nomination at his party‟s national convention…he got LESS than 100 votes. 1858, Ran for U.S. Senate again – AGAIN HE LOST. 1860, Elected President of the United States. The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself “It‟s a slip and not a fall.” – Abraham Lincoln When I reflect upon the life and career of Abraham Lincoln I‟m continually astounded…and when I read of his life‟s trials, tribulations and his amazing quote as given above I‟m nearly brought to tears every time and makes me very grateful…which brings us perfectly to your next lesson.

SERVICE, GRATITUDE & FORGIVENESS These three beautiful points represent the final bend in THIS PART of the PC Trilogy, and their importance cannot be overstated. As you continue working through this book please continue to add to and update your lists, go through your journal and reflect on what has transpired in your life and the opportunities you‟ve seen develop before you by meeting the Universe “half way.” Begin to notice all of those seemingly miraculous occurrences, chance meetings, divine happenstance and synchronicities occurring in your space at this time. Reflect on the moments in your life wherein you‟ve already applied these principles, either consciously or unconsciously and simply didn‟t know or realize it yet. SERVICE is not the things you do, but the attitude you have while doing them. It‟s what‟s in your heart during the act of serving others that is of vital importance. What you give of yourself and how you give it in life determines, in large part, what you will get in return. With this in mind, it serves us to always find bigger, better ways to add value to what you are, what you do and what you have to offer the world and others within it. We become “more” than we currently are in life as we open up to receiving and give ourselves permission to give even MORE to and of ourselves. Only then are we able to give more of ourselves to the world and more value to others in turn. I struck a deal with the Universe many years ago and made the bargain of a lifetime…I pledged that if I am ever to see a need (one that I could fill), I promised myself to the spirit of service and ask if I could please fill it. Likewise, when I had/have a need I ask that it be filled just the same. This is a nice way to be, I feel. I‟ve never gone without and nobody truly in need has ever been sent away by me. The ebb and flow of all things, cycles of life, giving and receiving…isn‟t this life grand?

Where and how can you be of service? How can you serve the world through your performance? Write it down. And as you write these things down, consider how GRATEFUL APPRECIATION paid in advance for all of your hopes, goals, dreams and ambitions being accomplished is one of the best “tricks” that you can possibly play on yourself. Gratitude proves to your subconscious mind that it had better catch up to your reality quickly. If you are thankful for having something, it WILL show up in your life. Each day I recommend that you practice being grateful for everything in your life. Say thank you for each breath, bless each meal and the hands which serve it/mouths who eat of it…cherish your loved ones, love your home and the work you do. I don‟t think ANYONE here can or will deny that as performers we really do have the best job in the world…personally I wouldn‟t trade it for anything and nothing else comes close or could ever compare. It is something I am very, very grateful for. Spend a minute or two just sitting and BE-ing…and smile until your face hurts. Inside of your own mind and thoughts remember to say “Thank You” for each breath and every heartbeat. This is one of your very best affirmations and most powerful meditative practices ever. Learn (choose!) to see and accept all occurrences, flukes, chance meetings and budding opportunities as successful steps on your path to success and as constant gifts and messages from the Universe. Know that you are INSPIRED, guided and directed by forces much larger than yourself and that we are all intimately involved with and connected to each other in an ongoing process of evolution, transformation and self-realization…and be thankful, grateful and sincere.

Albert Einstein said, “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The second is as though everything is.” In much the same way, if you are grateful for ANYTHING in your life…anything at all, then you might as well be grateful for everything because ALL events, circumstances, conditions and situations you experienced or found yourself in were wholly necessary in order to bring you to the moment in which you find yourself NOW. Change the past and you will change the present. Change the present and you will transform your future. Transform YOUR future and you will forever alter the course of the entire world. WE ARE ALL CONNECTED. “You are so part of the world that your slightest action contributes to its reality. Your breath changes the atmosphere. Your encounters with others alter the fabrics of their lives, and the lives of those who come in contact with them.”- Jane Roberts In your notebook, I ask that you involve yourself with what may very well be the most important, powerful and helpful exercise of them all… Make a list of everything you are grateful for. Start with 10 things. Once completed, continually add more to the list…and don‟t stop counting your blessings. Rest assured my beloved friends, brothers and sisters that each and every one of your precious names resides in mine own. Thank you so much for taking this incredible journey with me. Often the only thing we truly “need” in order to help us get life back on track is to simply count our blessings and spend some time everyday being sincerely, truly, absolutely, INCREDIBLY grateful for everything in our lives…including the good, the bad and the ugly because no matter what, what happens to you, with you, by

you and through you IS and BECOMES an integral, precious, beautiful and important part of you, the magnificent! Practice being grateful for anything and everything…add more to your journal often and reflect upon all of it (every single thing!) every day for a month and then let me know how much your entire life has changed. If you only do ONE THING from this entire book, I am begging you to do this. And you‟ll see how such a thing has the habit of shifting everything for you… …and you will be grateful. Read my mind, -Jerome Finley, 2010

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